Dr. Pedro Alejandro Villarreal Lizárraga
Global Issues Associate
Areas of Expertise
- Foreign trade policy
- Global health policy
- International law
- United Nations
World Trade Organization (WTO), World Health Organization" (WHO)
Tasks and responsibilitiesDr. Pedro A. Villarreal conducts research on Global Health Law, particularly on the role of the World Health Organization in pandemic preparedness and response. He is also interested in the relationship between human health and international economic law, especially in the law of the World Trade Organization.
Working Groups ProjectsShort Curriculum vitae
Since 2022 Lecturer on International Trade Law at the University of Mannheim
Since 2021 Lecturer on Global Health Law at the University of Milan, Italy
Since 2015 Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and Internatoinal Law
2012 – 2016 Doctoral student and scholarship holder at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2005 – 2007 and 2010 – 2012 Clerk, Diverse Federal District Courts
SWP Publications
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The Global Struggle for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Countering Their Undermining in International Forums
SWP Comment 2024/C 55, 10.12.2024, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C55
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Ill prepared: How robust is the global health architecture in times of political turmoil?
How prepared are we for the next global pandemic – five years after the outbreak of COVID-19? Pedro Villarreal Lizárraga and Michael Bayerlein explore how the global health community can become more resilient to public health threats – amidst conflict, political turmoil and government budget cuts.
SWP Podcast 2024/eP 05, 26.11.2024 -
Foresight*: Pathogens from the Permafrost
Combating the Spread of an Animal-borne Disease with or without Russia
SWP Comment 2024/C 23, 21.06.2024, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2024C23
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Exploring New Interregional Opportunities for Pharmaceutical Supply Chains
The Potential of Mercosur Countries to Advance the EU’s Global Health Strategy
SWP Comment 2024/C 05, 16.02.2024doi:10.18449/2024C05
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Global Health Governance and Geopolitics
How Germany Can Contribute to a New Global Health Architecture after Covid-19 Amid Growing Geopolitical Tensions
SWP Comment 2023/C 57, 15.12.2023, 4 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C57
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Pandemic accord: An obligation to share the necessary medical goods
The main point of contention in the negotiations on the pandemic accord is the fair distribution of medical supplies. Resolving it requires an unconditional obligation to share medical countermeasures, say Michael Bayerlein, Pedro A. Villarreal and Fernanda Cimini.
Point of View, 07.11.2023
External publications
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The Proposed Pandemic Agreement: A Pivotal Moment for Global Health Law
in: Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, First View, March 2025, pp. 1–4doi:10.1017/jme.2025.22
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Editorial: The new Journal of Global Health Law: cracking the foundations of the field
in: Journal of Global Health Law, 1, May 2024, S. 1–7doi:10.4337/jghl.2024.01.00
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Cross-Border Mobility of Persons and Goods during Pandemics
Exposing Normative Duality in International Law
in: Colleen M. Flood, Y.Y. Brandon Chen, Raywat Deonandan, Sam Halabi, Sophie Thériault (eds.): Pandemics, Public Health, and the Regulation of Borders, London: Routledge, 2024, S. 341-351doi:10.4324/9781003394006-39
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The impact of international health worker migration and recruitment on health systems in source countries: Stakeholder perspectives from Colombia, Indonesia, and Jordan
in: The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Februar 2024, S. 1-18doi:10.1002/hpm.3776
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Infectious Disease: Preventing, Detecting, and Responding to Pandemic Threats under International Law
in: Gostin, L., Meier, B. (eds.): Global Health Law & Policy, New York: Oxford University Press, 2023, S. 147-174 -
L'obligation vaccinale dans le monde
in: Conseil Constitutionnel (eds.): Santé et bioéthique, Titre VII, No. 11, October 2023